Update: Mother charged in child's death

Published: Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 11:10 AM.

A
Jacksonville
mother has been charged in the death of her 10-month-old son.

Barbara A. Unser, 22, of
Westminster Drive
was charged Sunday by the Jacksonville Police Department with involuntary manslaughter, child abuse and contributing to delinquency of juvenile.

She is accused in the death of Alexander James Froland who was born
June 21, 2012
, according to the Onslow County Register of Deeds.

Detectives are waiting on a medical examiner report to determine the cause of death, JPD Capt. Jason Bettis, supervisor of the department’s Investigative Division, told The Daily News on Sunday afternoon.

Neighbors said the child drown in the bathtub.

Police responded to her residence in the 100 block of
Westminster Drive
in downtown
Jacksonville
at around
9:23 a.m.
Wednesday morning to a report of a child that was not breathing and unresponsive.

Neighbors said city firefighters tried to resuscitate Alexander who had been carried onto the front porch of the house. Those neighbors watched as the child was taken away in an ambulance.

A Jacksonville mother has been charged in the death of her 10-month-old son.

Barbara A. Unser, 22, of Westminster Drive was charged Sunday by the Jacksonville Police Department with involuntary manslaughter, child abuse and contributing to delinquency of juvenile.

She is accused in the death of Alexander James Froland who was born June 21, 2012, according to the Onslow County Register of Deeds.

Detectives are waiting on a medical examiner report to determine the cause of death, JPD Capt. Jason Bettis, supervisor of the department’s Investigative Division, told The Daily News on Sunday afternoon.

Neighbors said the child drown in the bathtub.

Police responded to her residence in the 100 block of Westminster Drive in downtown Jacksonville at around 9:23 a.m. Wednesday morning to a report of a child that was not breathing and unresponsive.

Neighbors said city firefighters tried to resuscitate Alexander who had been carried onto the front porch of the house. Those neighbors watched as the child was taken away in an ambulance.

Alexander was taken to OnslowMemorialHospital by Onslow Emergency Services and pronounced dead, JPD spokeswoman Beth Purcell said in an news release Wednesday.

Alexander is listed in his obituary as an infant survived by his father Christopher Froland, mother Barbara Unser (listed as Froland in the obituary) and two siblings.

“Even though an arrest has been made in this incident, it is still an active and ongoing investigation,” Bettis said in a Sunday morning news release announcing Unser’s arrest.

Unser was given a $60,000 bond. Her first court appearance is set for Monday.

Crime Stoppers of Onslow County is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information in the incident.

Anyone with information can contact the Jacksonville/Onslow Crime Stoppers at 910-938-3273 or the Jacksonville Police Department at 910-455-1472. Callers to Crime Stoppers do not have to reveal their identities. For more information and updates like Crime Stoppers on Facebook at facebook.com/onslowcrimestoppers.

Contact Daily News Senior Reporter Lindell Kay at 910-219-8455 or lindell.kay@jdnews.com. Follow him on Twitter and friend him on Facebook @ 1lindell.

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A Jacksonville woman has been charged in the death of her child.

Barbara A. Unser, 22, of Westminster Drive was charged with involuntary manslaughter, child abuse and contributing to delinquency of juvenile, according to a release Sunday from the Jacksonville Police.

JPD responded to a call on April 24 at the 100 block of Westminster Drive of a juvenile not breathing and unresponsive. The child was taken to Onslow Memorial Hospital by Onslow Emergency Services and was pronounced dead.